Lassus: Missa super Dixit Joseph and motets

Ensemble Cinquecento

Hyperion CDA 680640

The intellectual purity and emotional expanse of
Lassus is partially
captured by the consort Cinquecento in
Missa super Dixit Joseph and motets. It’s not
the cleanest singing and
the two counter-tenors often fail to agree on
pitch. Nevertheless, the
ensemble atones for much with tonal richness,
sympathetic phrasing
and sustained legato in these works for four to
seven voices, captured
with well-balanced, rounded recorded sound.